Anxiety Support Group
Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...
I've been dealing with illness after illness for about 3 months now and getting pretty anxious about it. I keep wondering if I'm ever going to feel good again! 3 months ago my doc diagnosed me with "Fructose Malabsorption" which required a big change in diet. Before that they thought I had gluten problems and I had to cut out all gluten (impossible). The gluten test came back negative and that is when they figured out the fructose problem. I'm feeling much better on the low fructose diet. Then I got back troubles. I initially went to 2 chiropractors who scared me with their "adjustments" before I found a physical therapist who helped solve the back problem. Then I got a cold that developed into an ear infection and was prescribed an antibiotic that didn't work and am now on a much stronger one. The problem with all of this is I feel out of control and worried about what might happen next. I've started some counseling and that is helping a bit. The big thing in all of this is that I've had to go to my doctor for a number of visits and this has been hard due to "white coat syndrome"...my anxiety is through the roof. I've been doing some meditation, yoga, etc and all of this is helping. I'm just waiting and praying for my body to feel more normal again! Any words of encouragement or similar stories would be much appreciated...
Good luck to you, I hope you get everything figured out!
So - you are def not alone! And I too have been wondering when I will be back to "normal" I just try and tell myself that there are so many less fortunate than I and at least through all this pain I can still walk, talk, and do what I need to do. My therapist says a lot can be attributed to anxiety which can manifest itself in very strong forms - some people have had temporary blindness from enough anxiety!
Some of it also has to do with other things but I just try to look on the positive, do home remedies as best as I can, and see the doctors for the really scary stuff! Bets of luck to you.
I can relate. I have been dealing with acid reflux, anxiety, and panic attacks for 10 years. In the last 3 months have been feeling much worse, nausea, not able to eat, feel sick after eating and have to eat very small. I am so nervous. Plus I have been unemployed and that is running out and I feel like I can't work right now. Ugh! Everything snowballs and makes my anxiety worse. Then I feel like I won't ever get better and it's something much worse and have a fear of being sick. So, yes I can relate and we have to tell ourselves to relax and keep saying positive things as we are well.